2000
Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime
and Imprisonment by US States

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Alabama

4,447,100

4,545.9

486.2

4,059.7

7.4

33.3

128.2

317.2

906.9

2,864.8

288.0

584.8

892.2

1.5

Alaska

626,932

4,249.4

566.9

3,682.5

4.3

70.3

78.2

405.1

621.9

2,685.8

374.8

339.1

935.2

2.8

Arizona

5,130,632

5,829.5

531.7

5,297.8

7.0

30.7

146.3

347.7

1,011.6

3,444.1

842.1

491.8

1061.5

2.2

Arkansas

2,673,400

4,115.3

445.3

3,670.0

6.3

31.7

74.8

332.4

802.1

2,608.7

259.3

442.5

812.3

1.8

California

33,871,648

3,739.7

621.6

3,118.2

6.1

28.9

177.9

408.7

656.3

1,924.5

537.4

471.9

933.4

2.0

Colorado

4,301,261

3,982.6

334.0

3,648.6

3.1

41.2

70.5

219.1

630.8

2,623.5

394.3

388.9

698.9

1.8

Connecticut

3,405,565

3,232.7

324.7

2,908.0

2.9

19.9

112.5

189.4

512.0

2,011.4

384.6

385.6

615.5

1.6

Delaware

783,600

4,478.1

684.4

3,793.6

3.2

54.1

177.9

449.2

665.6

2,725.9

402.1

500.6

1063.8

2.1

Florida

15,982,378

5,694.7

812.0

4,882.7

5.6

44.2

199.0

563.2

1,081.8

3,242.9

558.0

444.4

1300.3

2.9

Georgia

8,186,453

4,751.1

504.7

4,246.4

8.0

24.0

161.9

310.9

836.6

2,937.0

472.8

536.3

929.3

1.7

Hawaii

1,211,537

5,198.9

243.8

4,955.1

2.9

28.6

92.7

119.7

880.3

3,570.2

504.6

293.3

739.3

2.5

Idaho

1,293,953

3,186.2

252.5

2,933.7

1.2

29.7

17.2

204.3

566.5

2,206.0

161.2

425.9

545.9

1.3

Illinois

12,419,293

4,286.2

656.8

3,629.4

7.2

32.9

207.4

409.3

659.6

2,517.8

452.1

364.1

1019.7

2.8

Indiana

6,080,485

3,751.9

349.1

3,402.8

5.8

28.9

103.3

211.1

676.1

2,379.9

346.8

325.2

689.4

2.1

Iowa

2,926,324

3,233.7

266.4

2,967.3

1.6

23.1

36.6

205.1

558.4

2,225.2

183.6

271.7

563.1

2.1

Kansas

2,688,418

4,408.8

389.4

4,019.4

6.3

38.0

76.2

269.0

799.1

2,978.6

241.6

309.9

791.3

2.6

Kentucky

4,041,769

2,959.7

294.5

2,665.2

4.8

27.0

80.6

182.2

626.2

1,809.6

229.5

368.5

561.0

1.5

Louisiana

4,468,976

5,422.8

681.1

4,741.7

12.5

33.5

168.5

466.6

1,035.8

3,229.9

475.9

787.8

1155.3

1.5

Maine

1,274,923

2,619.8

109.6

2,510.2

1.2

25.1

19.4

63.9

531.4

1,875.1

103.7

128.0

360.6

2.8

Maryland

5,296,486

4,816.1

786.6

4,029.5

8.1

29.1

256.0

493.3

744.4

2,745.7

539.5

423.5

1189.6

2.8

Massachusetts

6,349,097

3,026.1

476.1

2,550.0

2.0

26.7

91.6

355.9

482.0

1,660.5

407.6

149.0

731.1

4.9

Michigan

9,938,444

4,109.9

555.0

3,554.9

6.7

50.6

138.0

359.7

702.2

2,291.9

560.7

479.3

910.5

1.9

Minnesota

4,919,479

3,488.4

280.8

3,207.6

3.1

45.5

75.5

156.7

530.9

2,403.7

273.0

126.4

601.6

4.8

Mississippi

2,844,658

4,004.4

360.9

3,643.5

9.0

33.3

128.2

317.2

906.9

2,864.8

288.0

675.5

725.3

1.1

Missouri

5,595,211

4,527.8

490.0

4,037.7

6.2

24.1

135.8

323.9

745.0

2,851.3

441.4

490.9

893.8

1.8

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Montana

902,195

3,533.4

240.6

3,292.7

1.8

33.4

27.6

177.9

437.4

2,638.6

216.8

343.7

569.9

1.7

Nebraska

1,711,263

4,095.5

327.6

3,767.9

3.7

25.5

67.0

231.4

592.0

2,870.3

305.6

222.7

704.4

3.2

Nevada

1,998,257

4,268.6

524.2

3,744.4

6.5

43.0

227.3

247.3

877.1

2,208.2

659.2

498.6

898.6

1.8

New
Hampshire

1,235,786

2,433.1

175.4

2,257.8

1.8

42.2

36.7

94.7

404.0

1,680.0

173.8

182.0

401.2

2.2

New
Jersey

8,414,350

3,160.5

383.8

2,776.6

3.4

16.1

161.1

203.2

522.0

1,848.8

405.9

353.3

661.5

1.9

New
Mexico

1,819,046

5,518.9

757.9

4,761.0

7.4

50.7

137.4

562.4

1,173.1

3,184.4

403.6

256.3

1234.0

4.8

New
York

18,976,457

3,099.6

553.9

2,545.7

5.0

18.6

213.6

316.7

463.4

1,796.4

285.8

369.5

808.5

2.2

North
Carolina

8,049,313

4,919.3

497.6

4,421.8

7.0

27.1

156.5

307.0

1,216.1

2,891.8

313.9

334.7

939.8

2.8

North
Dakota

642,200

2,288.1

81.4

2,206.6

0.6

26.3

8.7

45.8

325.9

1,727.2

153.5

155.0

302.1

1.9

Ohio

11,353,140

4,041.8

334.1

3,707.7

3.7

37.6

137.5

155.3

780.7

2,583.2

343.7

403.3

704.9

1.7

Oklahoma

3,450,654

4,558.6

497.8

4,060.8

5.3

41.2

75.8

375.5

917.5

2,785.4

357.8

671.2

903.9

1.3

Oregon

3,421,399

4,845.4

350.7

4,494.7

2.0

37.6

84.4

226.7

748.8

3,338.7

407.2

307.6

800.2

2.6

Pennsylvania

12,281,054

2,995.3

420.0

2,575.3

4.9

26.4

147.8

240.9

440.4

1,839.2

295.8

299.9

677.5

2.3

Rhode
Island

1,048,319

3,476.4

297.7

3,178.7

4.3

39.3

88.0

166.2

631.5

2,102.2

445.0

187.1

615.6

3.3

South
Carolina

4,012,012

5,221.4

804.9

4,416.5

5.8

37.7

146.6

614.8

969.3

3,068.1

379.0

522.4

1246.6

2.4

South
Dakota

754,844

2,319.8

166.8

2,153.0

0.9

40.4

17.4

108.1

383.7

1,663.7

105.7

345.8

382.1

1.1

Tennessee

5,689,283

4,890.2

707.2

4,183.0

7.2

38.4

166.4

495.2

990.4

2,708.8

483.9

388.7

1125.5

2.9

Texas

20,851,820

4,955.5

545.1

4,410.4

5.9

37.7

145.1

356.3

906.3

3,057.4

446.8

754.4

986.1

1.3

Utah

2,233,169

4,476.1

255.7

4,220.3

1.9

38.6

55.6

159.5

642.5

3,288.5

289.3

246.9

677.7

2.7

Vermont

608,827

2,986.9

113.5

2,873.4

1.5

23.0

19.2

69.8

575.0

2,165.5

132.9

215.3

400.8

1.9

Virginia

7,078,515

3,028.1

281.7

2,746.4

5.7

22.8

88.9

164.3

429.9

2,064.8

251.6

417.2

556.3

1.3

Washington

5,894,121

5,105.6

369.7

4,736.0

3.3

46.4

98.6

221.3

907.3

3,234.6

594.1

248.1

843.3

3.4

West
Virginia

1,808,344

2,602.8

316.5

2,286.3

2.5

18.3

41.4

254.2

546.9

1,556.1

183.3

210.0

545.1

2.6

Wisconsin

5,363,675

3,209.1

236.8

2,972.3

3.2

21.7

84.6

127.3

469.5

2,229.9

272.9

378.4

534.0

1.4

Wyoming

493,782

3,298.0

266.5

3,031.5

2.4

32.4

14.2

217.5

420.8

2,494.6

116.1

340.1

569.7

1.7

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Horizontally
across the page are the categories.Vertically
along the left side are the states the categories
apply to.

State
= the State the crimes took place in.Population
= the population of the state as
estimated by the US Census Bureau. The
crime and inmate rates are both per 100,000 people for the year.Index
= the total number of reported crimes per
100,000 people for the year.Violent
Crime = the total number for each of the violent crime categories per
100,000
people for the year. Property
Crime =
the total number of the property crime categories per 100,000 people
for the
year. The
same applies for each of the
crime categories: Murder - Rape
- Robbery - Assault
- Burglary - Larceny
- Auto.

For
the Years 1978 to present there are three more
categories.The Inmate category =
the
number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal
correctional
authorities, on December 31. New
Index *
= Developed by the Disaster Center to examine how punishment is being
applied
to crimes. The
old index measured all
crime equally. One violent crime was equal to one property crime. There
are about ten times more property crimes than violent crimes.Half
of people are imprisoned for violent
crime and half for non-violent crime.To
make things relatively equal, we divided property crimes by ten and
added that
total to the number of reported violent crimes to create the new index.
.Index/
Inmates = We divide the new crime index
by the number of prisoners reported for each year to compare crime to
punishment
each year between the states and over the years.

For the table below we ranked each category with the highest rate
ranking 1 and the lowest ranking 50.

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Alabama

23

15

20

15

6

24

22

19

11

16

32

5

19

10

Alaska

48

22

10

23

26

1

33

10

31

22

24

31

12

38

Arizona

20

1

14

1

9

28

15

15

5

2

1

10

8

28

Arkansas

33

23

22

24

14

27

37

16

16

25

37

15

21

19

California

1

30

9

33

16

31

7

9

26

40

7

13

13

24

Colorado

24

28

31

25

34

11

38

30

29

24

21

20

30

16

Connecticut

29

36

33

38

37

47

23

36

40

39

22

22

36

11

Delaware

45

17

6

19

32

2

6

7

24

20

20

8

7

27

Florida

4

2

1

3

21

7

5

2

3

5

5

14

1

44

Georgia

10

13

16

11

4

42

10

21

15

12

11

6

14

14

Hawaii

42

6

43

2

36

33

26

45

13

1

8

37

25

33

Idaho

39

38

42

37

47

29

48

34

34

35

45

16

43

3

Illinois

5

20

8

27

8

25

4

8

25

27

12

26

9

39

Indiana

14

29

29

29

19

32

24

32

23

30

26

33

31

26

Iowa

30

35

40

36

45

43

43

33

35

33

42

38

40

25

Kansas

32

19

24

18

13

16

34

23

17

11

39

34

24

34

Kentucky

25

45

36

42

25

35

32

37

30

44

40

25

41

9

Louisiana

22

4

7

5

1

21

8

6

4

7

10

1

5

8

Maine

40

46

49

46

48

40

45

49

37

41

50

49

49

42

Maryland

19

12

3

17

3

30

1

5

21

19

6

17

4

41

Massachusetts

13

42

21

44

41

36

27

14

41

49

16

48

26

50

Michigan

8

24

11

28

11

4

17

12

22

31

4

12

15

22

Minnesota

21

32

38

31

35

6

36

42

38

29

35

50

37

48

Mississippi

31

27

27

26

2

23

21

18

10

15

33

3

27

1

Missouri

17

16

19

16

15

41

20

17

20

17

15

11

18

18

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

Montana

44

31

44

30

43

22

44

38

45

23

41

29

38

12

Nebraska

38

25

32

20

28

39

39

27

32

14

29

42

29

45

Nevada

35

21

15

21

12

8

2

25

14

34

2

9

17

17

New
Hampshire

41

48

46

48

44

9

42

47

48

47

44

46

46

30

New
Jersey

9

39

25

40

30

50

11

35

39

42

18

27

34

21

New
Mexico

36

3

4

4

5

3

19

3

2

8

19

39

3

49

New
York

3

40

12

45

23

48

3

20

43

45

34

24

22

29

North
Carolina

11

9

18

8

10

34

12

22

1

13

28

32

11

40

North
Dakota

47

50

50

49

50

38

50

50

50

46

46

47

50

23

Ohio

7

26

30

22

29

19

18

43

18

26

27

19

28

15

Oklahoma

27

14

17

14

22

10

35

11

8

18

25

4

16

6

Oregon

28

11

28

7

40

20

31

28

19

3

17

35

23

36

Pennsylvania

6

43

23

43

24

37

13

26

44

43

30

36

33

31

Rhode
Island

43

33

35

32

27

13

29

39

28

37

14

45

35

46

South
Carolina

26

5

2

9

18

18

14

1

7

9

23

7

2

32

South
Dakota

46

49

47

50

49

12

47

46

49

48

49

28

48

2

Tennessee

16

10

5

13

7

15

9

4

6

21

9

21

6

43

Texas

2

8

13

10

17

17

16

13

12

10

13

2

10

4

Utah

34

18

41

12

42

14

40

41

27

4

31

41

32

37

Vermont

49

44

48

39

46

44

46

48

33

36

47

43

47

20

Virginia

12

41

37

41

20

45

28

40

46

38

38

18

42

5

Washington

15

7

26

6

31

5

25

29

9

6

3

40

20

47

West
Virginia

37

47

34

47

38

49

41

24

36

50

43

44

44

35

Wisconsin

18

37

45

35

33

46

30

44

42

32

36

23

45

7

Wyoming

50

34

39

34

39

26

49

31

47

28

48

30

39

13

State

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Larceny

Auto

Inmates

New
Index *

Index/
Inmates

These
pages
compare reported crimes and imprisonment rates for every 100,000 people
for each
year in the 50 United States and rank each State's crime/imprisonment
rates.

In order
to
compare crime to punishment we created a new crime index* and divided
that
index by the ratio of inmates to crimes of each state, as reported to
the Bureau
of Justice Statistics.In an important new way, this table links crime to
punishment within
and between the States.

The
traditional
crime index is made up of the total crimes committed in each State.The
problem with the old index is that it
provides equal weight to every crime and far more property
crimes are
committed than violent crimes.Since
violent criminals make up about half the prison
population and
about ten times more property crimes are
committed than violent crimes, for the
new index* we divided the number of property crimes by ten and
added to that the number of violent crimes to make up the new index*.

Since
we developed the tables:
"Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US
States 1978 - 2012",
we are interested in hearing how others use the table. Email: host@disastercenter.com